Christo Javacheff was born in Bulgaria and initially worked as a portrait artist, but later specialised in 'environmental art': work in which the whole environment became part of the work. In 1958 he started his 'empaquetage': packing objects, people and often even complete buildings such as the Reichstag in Berlin (1986 and 1995) and the Pont Neuf in Paris (1985). These large projects would make Christo world famous. For such large projects Christo worked closely with his wife Jeanne-Claude de Guillebon.
Christo
Gabrovo 1935 - New York 2020
